A young man reads in a letter that he has just won $1,000 in a state-wide lottery and he literally jumps for joy. Which neurons are sending messages from his brain to his legs ordering them to jump?
A) sensory neurons
B) motor neurons
C) interaction neurons
D) association neurons

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Motor neurons are responsible for sending messages from the brain to muscles, causing them to move. In this case, the young man's brain sent a message to his leg muscles telling them to jump in response to his excitement about winning the lottery.

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